pickle

Examples

• All

• Software from Play Pickle, a fake game site known for malware, was installed at some point.

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• Now this pickle represents our solar system and the seeds inside the pickle represent the heavenly bodies in our solar system.

  Space Daze (2005)

• While waiting for our car-sized burger to come, we ventured over to the pickle bar.

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• We ordered a smorgasbord of tacos: fish, beef and pickle, squash blossom, and spicy shrimp.

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• Order your smoked beef sandwich medium-lean, heavy on the mustard, three pickles, and with extra pommes frites, the way the Rolling Stones have supposedly enjoyed it.

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• When you want to save an object's state in Python, you can create a pickle file for later use.

• The software developer decided to share the project by sending a pickle object to his colleague.

• After testing the application, they stored the data in a pickle format to preserve its structure.

Idioms

I

in a pickle

• Informal

7 8.3

In trouble and not sure what to do

P

pickle up one's ass

• Offensive

9.9

To feel very irritated or upset about something small

T

to tickle someone's pickle

• Slang

9.9

Make someone feel very happy and amused

Compounds

D

dill pickle

• US

3 1.6

A cucumber that people keep in salt water or vinegar and flavor with dill

S

sweet pickle

2 2.7

A vegetable kept in sugar and vinegar that tastes sweet and sour

P

pickle relish

1 2.0

A sweet, chopped topping of cucumbers in vinegar used on burgers and hot dogs

B

bread and butter pickle

• US

3.1

A sweet thin slice of cucumber kept in vinegar, sugar, and onion

P

pickle barrel

3.1

A large wooden barrel that holds cucumbers or vegetables in vinegar

Surface Forms

Etymology